The core component of the workshop will be hands-on mapping of the participants’ datasets to Darwin Core. Mapping is the one-time linking of the fields of a custom dataset to the Darwin Core terms, so the dataset can be expressed as Darwin Core. The goal of this use-case exercise is to discover what mapping problems are common, so we can draft a mapping requirements document. This document could then be used by the IPT development team to improve the mapping functionalities of IPT, which are currently rather limited.

Participants are expected to bring a representative sample (2000 records) of their data or their data model, and ideally also from other collections/datasets from their institution. Participants will have to bring their own computer and will be required to access the internet through Wi-Fi connection.